Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 20:00:39 GMT From: "Jesus R. Camou" <jcamou@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/94419: [patch] NanoBSD chapter for Handbook Message-ID: <200603132000.k2DK0de2096709@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/94419; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Jesus R. Camou" <jcamou@FreeBSD.org> To: Daniel Gerzo <danger@rulez.sk> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/94419: [patch] NanoBSD chapter for Handbook Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 19:56:05 +0000 An express review. On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 07:22:07PM +0000, Daniel Gerzo wrote: > <!-- > The FreeBSD Documentation Project > $FreeBSD: $ You mean $FreeBSD$ here. > --> > > <chapter id="nanobsd"> > <chapterinfo> > <authorgroup> > <author> > <firstname>Daniel</firstname> > <surname>Gerzo</surname> > <contrib>Written by </contrib> > <!-- 13 March 2006 --> > </author> > </authorgroup> > </chapterinfo> > > <title>NanoBSD</title> > > <sect1 id="nanobsd-intro"> > <title>Introduction to <application>NanoBSD</application></title> > > <para><application>NanoBSD</application> is tool currently `a tool' > developed by &a.phk;. It creates a &os; system image for embedded > applications, suitable for use on a Compact Flash card (or other > mass storage medium).</para> > > <para>It can probably be used to build a specialized server designed > for easy installation and maintenance called computer applicance. > Computer appliances have their hardware and software bundled in > the product, so all applications are pre-installed. The appliance s/so/which means/ perhaps? > is plugged into an existing network and can begin working (almost) > immediately.</para> > > <para>Features of <application>NanoBSD</application>:</para> > > <itemizedlist> > <listitem> > <para>Ports and packages work like in &os;.</para> Probably s/like/as/ or something, or rewrite the whole sentence. > </listitem> > <listitem> > <para>No missing functionality — If it is possible to do > with &os;, it is possible to do with > <application>NanoBSD</application>, unless it was removed in > compile time.</para> > </listitem> > <listitem> > <para>Everything is read-only at run-time — It is safe to > pull the power-plug. &man.fsck.8; is not necessary.</para> > </listitem> > <listitem> > <para>Easy to build and customize.</para> > </listitem> > </itemizedlist> > </sect1> > > <sect1 id="nanobsd-howto"> > <title><application>NanoBSD</application> Howto</title> > > <sect2 id="nanobsd-design"> > <title>The design of <application>NanoBSD</application></title> > > <para>Once the image is present on the medium, it is possible to > boot the <application>NanoBSD</application>. The mass storage ^^^ Remove `the' here. > medium is divided into three parts, two image partitions - > <literal>code#1</literal> and <literal>code#2</literal>, and the > configuration file partition - > <filename role="directory">/cfg</filename>, which are normally > mounted read-only. This means that it is safe to pull the power > plug on a <application>NanoBSD</application> machine and that > Flash based storage is not worn out with file system metadata > writes.</para> > > <para><filename role="directory">/etc</filename> and > <filename role="directory">/var</filename> directories are > &man.md.4; (malloc) disks.</para> > > <para>The configuration file partition persists under the <filename > role="directory">/cfg</filename> directory. This partition > contains files for <filename role="directory">/etc</filename> > directory and is briefly mounted read-only right after the system > boot. Note that this partition should be mounted only at > boot-time and while overriding the configuration files.</para> > > <para>After some modifications have been done in files in > <filename role="directory">/etc</filename> and they are proposed > to exist after next boot, it is required to copy them to the > <filename role="directoru">/cfg</filename> directory. For ^^ Double space after dot. You may want to take a look at some of the sentences for possible redundancies or better sentence options. - jhelp
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